Fairfax Media has confirmed that a 51-year-old man charged earlier this week by police with serious sexual offences against a disabled female under his care was a senior Yooralla employee.

The man's arrest follows a controversy last year involving former Yooralla carer Vinod Johnny Kumar, who was jailed for 18 years after preying upon three cerebral palsy-afflicted women under his care.

The Kumar case was highly damaging to Yooralla after it emerged that senior management had been warned by staff about the carer's behaviour before the assaults on the women but failed to act.

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There is no suggestion Yooralla management failed to act appropriately in this most recent case.

In a statement to Fairfax Media, Yooralla chief executive Sanjib Roy said the manager of a day service run by his organisation had been dismissed following a police investigation into his alleged sexual abuse of a person in his care.

“As the matter is about to go before the court, Yooralla is constrained in what can be said, but we can confirm that staff alerted police and senior management about a potential issue on May 16, 2014. The manager was immediately stood down,” Mr Roy said.

“On May 17, Yooralla began contacting the families of the other clients of the day service to inform them of the situation. The manager was a long-term employee with Yooralla, with no record of any previous formal disciplinary matters. No complaints or previous allegations of misconduct have been made by anyone.”

The sacked day-service manager from the Yarra Ranges has been charged with four counts of sexual penetration of a cognitive impaired person, four counts of indecent assault, and three counts of theft.

Fairfax Media understands police are assessing a complaint lodged in relation to the Kumar case that requests the senior Yooralla managers responsible for him be investigated for criminal negligence.